Omicron

China reports first COVID deaths since January 2021

TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) – China has announced its first confirmed COVID-19 deaths in more than a year, amid an Omicron-fulled surge of cases in the country’s northeast.
2022-03-19 22:15
Turkish president, his wife test positive for Covid-19

TEHRAN, Feb. 05 (MNA) – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey and his wife Emine Erdoğan tested COVID-19 positive with mild symptoms, the president's official personal Twitter account said Saturday, according to Turkish media.
2022-02-05 18:00
WHO:

Over 50% of Europe's population will be infected with omicron

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – More than 50% of Europe's population will be infected with the highly contagious omicron Covid-19 variant over the next two months, according to forecasts shared by a top World Health Organization official.
2022-01-11 22:30
Iran joins club of countries producing Omicron rapid test kit

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – The chief executive of a knowledge-based company said that Iran is of the few countries in the world that succeeded in producing theOmicron rapid test detection kit and joined the group of three countries with this technology.
2022-01-11 12:40
Number of COVID-19 cases worldwide exceeds 305 million: WHO

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – The overall number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases worldwide has exceeded 305 million, while the number of fatalities has topped 5.48 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said late on Monday.
2022-01-11 10:40
Japan to declare quasi-emergency in COVID-hit Okinawa

TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – Japan is considering declaring a state of emergency in the southern island of Okinawa, after the region emerged as the epicenter of a new coronavirus surge, with officials saying the virus keeps spreading from US bases.
2022-01-05 15:30
France detects new Covid variant IHU, 12 infected

TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – While the world is grappling with the outburst of the Omicron virus with a very high transmissibility rate, scientists and experts in France have reportedly identified a new variant of COVID-19 termed ‘IHU’.
2022-01-04 16:00
US registers over 1mn COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – According to the latest reports, on Monday, a record 1 million people in the US were diagnosed with COVID-19.
2022-01-04 09:45
US airport chaos continue as more than 2600 flights cancelled

TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – Air travel continued to be severely disrupted in the United States on Saturday, with bad weather in parts of the country adding to the impact of a massive spike in COVID-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant.
2022-01-02 09:35
Omicron main COVID variant in France

TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – Omicron has become the dominant coronavirus strain in France which joins other European countries like the United Kingdom and Portugal as the number of cases surged in the past few days.
2021-12-31 15:15
Number of COVID-19 cases across globe exceeds 280 million

TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – The overall number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has exceeded 280 million and the number of fatalities has exceeded 5.4 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
2021-12-29 12:10
Europe faces massive Covid-19 surge

TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – The number of COVID infections has surged to a new level in Europe as France has logged a record of nearly 1,80,000 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.
2021-12-29 09:10
France reports 100,000 COVID cases for first time

TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – France reported a record high of 104,611 COVID-19 infections on Saturday, breaking the 100,000 thresholds for the first time since the pandemic began.
2021-12-26 10:30
6,300 flights canceled as Omicron hits Christmas travels

TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – More than 6,000 flights have been cancelled worldwide over the long Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed, according to a tracking website, as the highly infectious Omicron variant brings holiday hurt to millions.
2021-12-26 09:30
Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on December 23

TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – Mehr News Agency takes a look at the headlines of Iran’s Persian-language dailies on Thursday, December 23.
2021-12-23 10:03
Weekly COVID-19-related mortality down 9% worldwide, WHO says

TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) – Over 4.1 mln people contracted the coronavirus infection worldwide over the past week, more than 44,000 died, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Wednesday.
2021-12-22 23:59
Frist case of Omicron detected in Iran came from UAE

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – The Iranian health ministry has confirmed the first case of Omicron Covid-19 variant has been detected in the country.
2021-12-19 20:10
Border areas to be monitored against entry of Omicron variant

TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – The Iranian Interior Minister says all capacities will be used to monitor border areas of the country effectively and prevent the entry of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus to the country.
2021-12-14 19:16
Tehran governor calls for stricter measures as Omicron looms

TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – Mohsen Mansouri, Tehran provincial governor called for stricter measures to prevent the arrival of cases of the newly identified coronavirus variant Omicron into the country through international flights.
2021-11-29 19:10
S Africa president calls for lifting of ‘Omicron’ travel bans

TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on countries to “urgently” reverse “scientifically unjustified” travel restrictions linked to the discovery of a new variant of coronavirus, COVID-19, in this country.
2021-11-29 13:20
No cases of Omicron has been detected in Iran: minister

TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – The Iranian health minister said that the new variant of Covid-19 has not yet been detected in the country to date, while another official warned that it is highly possible that Omicron will enter the country in the future.
2021-11-28 20:45